Cap^t Frederick Frye Accountants Office Governors Island near New York November 25^th 1797 Sir You will receive from Nich^s Fish Esq^r Supervisor at New York the sum of Two hundred & fifty Dollars on account of the recruiting Service for which you will give him your duplicate receipts holding yourself accountable for the due application of the same. I am &c W Simmons Act^t Nicholas Fish Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor New York November 25^th 1797 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Two Hundred & fifty dollars which you will be pleased to pay to Captain Frederick Frye and take his duplicate receipts holding him accountable for the due application of the same, it being for the recruiting Service I am &c W Simmons Act^t George Gale Esq^r Accountants Office Baltimore November 25^th 1797 I received your Letter of the 23^d inst with its enclosures, and at same time the packages numbered 1.25, which will undergo an Examination in due Course. Sam &c W Simmons